During 1949, the Liebherr family business was established by Hans Liebherr. His first claim to fame was the success of his affordable and easy-to-assemble mobile tower crane. It was upon this creation that the company's foundation flourished under. Nowadays, Liebherr has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers within the field of construction machinery. The business has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in a variety of fields. The business has currently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 35,000 workers and more than 130 companies across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This particular set up allows the business the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. Furthermore, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating at an optimum level.
The divisional control companies handle the production for the individual product segments and the operative management of the sales companies. The Liebherr Group presently encompasses ten various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are situated within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. Now, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr in the second generation. Ever since 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation members of the family like: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working together to be able to help set up the course of the family business in the future. They are staying on top of residential buildings and large-scale industrial projects across the world.
Hans Liebherr began to build his business in 1949, in a tiny town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce and could average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling industry.